Crowdfunding Pre-Pledge

THIS IS IT!

Fracking the System is going to premiere in Fall 2023, come hell or high water! The activists in the film are currently laying the groundwork for their next ballot initiative in 2024 to phase out new oil and gas extraction (including fracking) in Colorado by 2030. The film is going to be released on a grassroots distribution tour to raise awareness about this urgent issue.

As you know, I have been investing my personal money and energy over the last 5 years, plus the $35,000 we raised in last year's crowdfunding, which totals $300,000 already invested into the film. To finish this film at full market cost would take another $300,000 but, because the film is so urgent, I have developed a bare minimum budget (see below) of $150,000 which we are planning on crowdfunding through 1,000 donations of an average $150.

With these final funds we will finally be able to properly launch the film at festivals and publicly around the state and country starting in Fall 2023.

Please pledge your donation with this form and share it with your friends who also want to see an end to fracking. We will follow up with you when we officially launch the crowdfunding campaign in June 2023.

- Brian Hedden

Crowdfunding Pre-Pledge Form

Minimal Completion Budget: $150,000

Director: 0
Producer: 10,000
Composer: 10,000
Media Rights: 60,000
Archival Producer: 6,000
Offline Editor: 0
Graphics and Animation: 10,000
Drives: 500
Color: 5,000
Sound: 10,000
Other post costs: 500
Insurance + Legal: 15,000
Office: 0
PR/Distribution: 10,000
Festival Fees: 1,500
Travel to festivals: 5,000
Closed Captioning: 1,500
Translation and Dubbing: 5,000